Manager Corporate Strategy – HPE Networking

Manager Corporate Strategy – HPE Networking

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next.

We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description

Corporate Strategy Manager (IC role) – HPE Networking

Location: Sunnyvale, CA

This role is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and has been designed as “Hybrid,” with a requirement to work from HPE’s Sunnyvale office an average of 2 days per week.

Who We Are

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next.

We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

If you are looking to stretch and grow your career, our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description

HPE Networking is seeking a Strategy Manager to help define and drive high-impact, long-term strategies for the networking business. This role will partner with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to assess market dynamics, customer needs, technology shifts, competitive implications, business performance, and growth opportunities across enterprise, data center, cloud, AI, security, and service-provider networking.

As a member of the HPE Networking strategy team, you will conduct rigorous, data-driven analyses; develop recommendations for senior leadership; and help advance strategic initiatives, partnerships, investments, and potential mergers and acquisitions. You will translate complex findings into clear, actionable insights and work with business partners to move recommendations from analysis through execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify the research, tools, and analyses required to achieve objectives across multiple strategic workstreams and projects.
• Lead quantitative and qualitative analysis of networking markets, customer needs, technology trends, competitive dynamics, business performance, and growth opportunities.
• Manage the development of financial and statistical models, structure analytical approaches, and oversee data gathering from internal and external sources.
• Synthesize key findings and develop comprehensive recommendations to improve business and financial performance.
• Partner with leaders across product, engineering, sales, finance, operations, and other functions to support and execute strategic initiatives.
• Evaluate and support strategic investments, partnerships, alliances, equity investments, and mergers and acquisitions, including financial analysis and engagement with external parties.
• Manage cross-functional teams, project plans, objectives, deliverables, communications, and contingency plans to ensure timely execution.
• Facilitate joint problem-solving with business leaders and help translate recommendations into implementation plans.
• Independently develop and present high-impact executive deliverables that turn complex data into clear, creative, and actionable insights.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve team effectiveness, analytical processes, and internal workflows.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in top-tier management consulting, investment banking, corporate strategy, product management, or a similar strategic role.
• Demonstrated experience identifying, evaluating, and analyzing business opportunities and supporting strategic decisions across multiple business units or functions.
• Excellent analytical thinking, quantitative analysis, financial modeling, and problem-solving skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, with experience in statistical analysis, financial modeling, and related analytical tools.
• Ability to structure ambiguous problems, summarize complex and abstract ideas clearly, and independently manage project objectives.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level presentation, negotiation, facilitation, interviewing, and influence.
• Strong project and relationship management skills, with demonstrated success partnering with and consulting business leaders.
• Developed leadership skills, including team building, cross-functional collaboration, conflict resolution, and project-team management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree such as an MBA, or equivalent professional experience.
• Technical or engineering background.
• Experience in enterprise, data center, cloud, AI, security, or service-provider networking markets and technologies.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to quickly build technical knowledge across networking products, customers, markets, and business models.
• Experience supporting corporate development, strategic partnerships, alliances, equity investments, or mergers and acquisitions.

What We Look For

• Strategic thinker who can balance long-term vision with disciplined analysis and execution.
• Business partner who uses market, customer, competitive, financial, and operational insights to shape practical recommendations.
• Influential collaborator who brings diverse teams together around clear objectives and shared outcomes.
• Clear communicator who can translate complex information into compelling, executive-ready narratives.
• Curious and adaptable problem solver who thrives in ambiguity and is passionate about technology, innovation, and networking.

Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here .

Note

This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

What We Can Offer You

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs.

We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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